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Inspiring Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
- We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All…
- The Land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
- If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the Upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it…
- This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells-that there is nothing to be asked…
- Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self (atman), the God of the universe.
- If superstition enters, the brain is gone.
- Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles,…
- The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and…
- Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go…
- The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is…
- All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is…
- Man is to become divine by realizing the divine. Idols or temples, or churches or books, are only the supports, the help of his spiritual…
- They alone live, who live for others.
- The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
- We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it,…
- The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is…
- There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one…
- The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.
- Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.
- Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book? How dare…
- All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all…
- Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
- Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert…
- Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
More Inspiring Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there. — Richard Bach
- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
- I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. — Darren Aronofsky
- For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take… — Mary Kay Ash
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov